The PRO-E-BIKE project

The role of electric assist

European Cycle Logistics Federation conference Nijmegen, 12 April 2014

Ronald JornaMobycon (NL)

Contents

• About Mobycon• PRO-E-BIKE project (partners, goals, target groups)• State of the art review• Examples of use of e-bikes in freight transport• Trends and policies• First results of PRO-E-BIKE pilots in the Netherlands

About Mobycon

• Founded in 1986

• Consultancy company in the domain of Traffic, Transport and Mobility issues

• Clients on all government levels

PRO-E-BIKE• Promotion of clean and energy efficient

vehicles for professional use

• Focussed on e-(cargo)bikes and e-scooters

• Delivery of goods, passengers and services

• Co-funded by Intelligent Energy Europe Programme

Partners PRO-E-BIKE

• Energikontoret Ost (Sweden)• Mobycon (The Netherlands)• ECF (Belgium)• Singergija (Slovenia)• POLIEDRA (Italy)• ITENE (Spain)• Occam (Portugal)• Lombardo (Italy)• IST (Portugal)• EIHP (Croatia, project management)

PRO E-BIKE goals

• To build understanding

• To raise confidence in e-bike technology

• Result: • Behavioural change• Market uptake• Development of policies at local level

Target groups

• Delivery companies

• Public administration/ local authorities

• Citizens

Results ‘state of the art’ review

• Review of trends

• Identification of best practices

• Identification of policies

Trends (1)

Technology• speed pedelec (up to 45 km/h)• lowering recharging times• extending capacity for increased range • weight reduction of parts• IT-extensions (navigation, smartphone, etc.)

Trends (2)

Three types of companies and logistics models:

• Logistics companies

• Bike couriers

• Home delivery

Best practices

2 dimensions:• Transport of freight, passengers, services• Pedelec, e-cargobike, e-scooter

freight passengers services

pedelec 8 5 3

e-cargo-bike 29 3 3

e-scooter 1 4 1

Examples (1)

Posta Slovenia• Deliveries in the city centre of Ljubljana,

Koper and Celje• 41 e-cargobikes, 20 e-scooters, 3 e-vans• More older employees can do deliveries• Contribution to internal goals for reduction of pollution

• Maintenance is a problem due to lack of suppliers of parts in Slovenia

• Similar example: Belgian Postal services

Examples (2)

BASF (e-bike)• Ludwigshafen site• Replacing scooters with e-bikes• Supporting innovative mobility• Employees are content• Lower costs, less pollution

Examples (3)

DHL• Introducing ‘parcycles’• Meeting internal goals on pollution• and noise reduction• Client perception!

• Logistical process must be suitable

• FedEx (Paris) and TNT (Brussels) are comparable examples

Examples (4)

MOVEBYBiKE• Since beginning 2012• Operating 6 e-bikes• Malmoe, Lund, Helsingborg,

Gothenburg and Stockholm • Last mile delivery of newspapers

and transporting furniture for people moving

Pilot projects in the Netherlands

First lessons learned

• Professional use of e-bike adds to the company’s image and CSR

• Use of e-bike cheaper than car or scooter but more expensive than normal (cargo)bike

• In urban areas the e-bike can be more efficient than other transport modes

• Hills limit the range of the e-bike• Easier to replace 1 van in a fleet than replacing

the only car of a one-man company.

Economic sustainability

• Low costs (purchase, insurance, maintenance)

• No restrictions in urban areas• Sustainable (congestion,

emissions, noise)• Client perception/image• Personnel (no driver license

needed, improved health, other type of employees)

• Simpler infrastructure needed

• Loading capacity (weight, volume)

• Limited range• Inclusion in logistical

process• Weather influences• Dependent on physical

fitness of employees

Policies

Policies to promote use of e-bikes:• Reduced emission zones• Time windows for freight vehicles• Appropriate bicycle infrastructure (bicycle

lanes (also suitable for cargo-bikes), parkings, charging stations, …)

• Fiscal incentives and subsidies• Promotion campaigns (including testing of e-

(cargo)bikes)